Visual meaning of 'coughed'? - learn with images, example in daily life

Visual illustration of coughed: To push air from the lungs in a quick, noisy explosion.

verb

To push air from the lungs in a quick, noisy explosion.

"I breathed in a lungful of smoke by mistake, and started to cough."

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Visual illustration of coughed: (sometimes followed by "up") To force something out of the throat or lungs by coughing.

verb

(sometimes followed by "up") To force something out of the throat or lungs by coughing.

"Sometimes she coughed (up) blood."

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Visual illustration of coughed: To make a noise like a cough.

verb

To make a noise like a cough.

"The engine coughed and sputtered."

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